Cleveland Cavaliers @ New Orleans Pelicans

9-0, 5-0 Away

131

9-0, 5-0 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Cavaliers CLE	29	30	40	32	131
Pelicans NO	34	25	29	34	122

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

3-6, 2-3 Home

122

3-6, 2-3 Home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Isaac OkoroI. Okoro#35
Jarrett AllenJ. Allen#31
Evan MobleyE. Mobley#4
Donovan MitchellD. Mitchell#45
Darius GarlandD. Garland#10
bench
Georges NiangG. Niang#20
Caris LeVertC. LeVert#3
Ty JeromeT. Jerome#2
Sam MerrillS. Merrill#5
Craig Porter Jr.C. Porter Jr.#9
JT ThorJ. Thor#15
Luke TraversL. Travers#33
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#13
Jaylon TysonJ. Tyson#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	+6
35	16	7-10	0-0	2-2	14	2	0	1	2	2	12	5	+24
29	15	7-16	0-1	1-3	9	3	1	0	3	5	4	6	-7
34	29	10-20	3-9	6-6	4	3	2	1	1	0	4	1	+4
30	14	5-10	4-6	0-0	1	9	3	1	1	0	1	2	+14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	9	4-8	1-5	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	-7
28	16	7-13	2-4	0-0	6	6	1	1	0	2	4	0	+6
16	11	4-7	2-2	1-2	3	5	1	2	0	1	2	1	+1
19	9	3-6	3-6	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	0
5	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	+4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	131	52-96	17-35	10-13	46	33	11	6	10	12	34	21
		54%	49%	77%

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Yves MissiY. Missi#21
Brandon BostonBoston Jr.#11
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
bench
Jamal CainJ. Cain#8
Jeremiah Robinson-EarlJ. Robinson-Earl#50
Daniel TheisD. Theis#10
Javonte GreenJ. Green#4
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Trey Jemison IIIJemison#55
Jaylen NowellJ. Nowell#20
Antonio ReevesA. Reeves#12
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	20	9-20	2-8	0-0	5	5	2	1	1	0	5	2	-17
29	29	9-18	0-0	11-13	8	4	4	1	1	2	6	3	-3
19	10	4-8	0-0	2-3	4	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	-2
38	14	4-11	2-5	4-4	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	-3
35	27	10-14	7-7	0-0	2	5	1	3	0	0	2	4	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	-7
6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5
30	11	4-6	1-2	2-2	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	+1
19	7	1-7	1-4	4-4	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	-10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	122	42-88	13-27	25-28	33	21	9	8	8	8	25	14
		48%	48%	89%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CLE

CLE leads season

1-0

131

Game 1@ NO

Final

122

128

Game 2@ CLE

Final

100

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:Josh Tiven

Referee:Scott Twardoski

Referee:Intae Hwang

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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